Loman's Use Of Humor In 'Five Thousands Tongues Supplaud'

The author uses humor in the poem. How does he uses it? The kind of humor used is to appeal to the people of his era. So the humor used may not come off as humorous to us as it did back then. He uses humor to the extent of his abilities. He uses figurative language to help him achieve this. The way he uses it is to help the reader keep reading. He does this by showing the audiences reactions to certain events and characteristics of certain characters.

"Then from five thousands throats and more there rose a lusty yell;" He uses humor here to describe the audiences reaction to Casey stepping up to the plate to play. "Five thousands tongues applauded" The quote stated helps show he uses humor to describe the audiences actions toward